>>47571628That's more anime ages being difficult in general. Hilbert and Hilda were consciously designed to be older than prior game protags and that gives them something to call their own. It's also worth noting that your pic is before the Emerald artstyle change for official character art, so official art from emerald or later like pic related would be a more straightforward comparison(or SM Red, who's older but seems significantly older than Hilda and Hilbert are supposed to be).
